Nortel Announces the Winning Bidder of Its Patent Portfolio

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nortel-announces-the-winning-bidder-of-its-patent-portfolio-for-a-purchase-price-of-us45-billion-2011-06-30

by Garbage • 15 years ago

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ignifero2• 15 years ago

No love for google? Nevermind, can someone explain just how important these patents are, or else, how wrong can things go if the consortium decides to do evil things with them?

Spyplane• 15 years ago

They are fundamental to the operation of GSM / CDMA networks. Patent portfolio's like these in the mobile arena are pretty well only trumped by Qualcomm's, TI's, and probably Motorola's.

My opinion though is that the actual interaction to the cell network is not solely done by android, but by the chipset on the phone mostly. They could sue Google I'm sure, but I bet people like Motorola and Qualcomm would have something to say about that to protect Google and Androids chip purchasing wallet.

peterknego• 15 years ago

Bad news for Google.

ignifero2• 15 years ago

Maybe it's not bad that a consortium of companies with competing interests bought em.

Nortel Announces the Winning Bidder of Its Patent Portfolio

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